COURSE #: HIMT 440

SECTION: 71

COURSE NAME: Introduction to the Health Industry Systems

INSTRUCTOR: Joel Shalowitz, MD, MBA

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:  Please read the introductory material in the case packet including the syllabus, and read the articles listed in the case packet syllabus course schedule for the first class.  Also please read lecture notes for the first class to be posted on the web or emailed prior to class.  Please e-mail my secretary, Marge Kaffenberger (m-kaffenberger@kellogg.northwestern.edu)  with the following information before the first class session:

                                Undergrad School (and Grad, if appropriate), major, degree, year graduated

                                Brief description of previous job experience

                                What you hope to get from the course

                                Are you a health care major?

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:   None

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

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2.  TEXT --   REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

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COURSE #: HIMT 451

SECTION:  71

COURSE NAME:  Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery

INSTRUCTOR:   Henry S. Allen, JD

CASEPACK (YES or NO?):

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:       from the Casebook, pp. 294-356 and pp. 44-64

                                                from the Hornbook, pp. 143-171 (optional)

1.  REQUIRED TEXT:  Health Law Cases, Materials and Problems

AUTHOR:  Furrow et al.

PUBLISHER:  Thomson – West

ED./DATE:  Fifth Edition, 2004

2.  REQUIRED TEXT:  Health Law (Hornbook Series)

AUTHOR:  Furrow et al.

PUBLISHER:  West

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